Details of Research and Professional Profiles
Hello, I am PhD Student at Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. Presently I am working on contaminant transport modelling and risk assessment of aquifer system. I have completed B.Tech from J.N.G.E.C. Sunderngar and M.S. by Research in Civil Engineering from IIT Mandi, H.P. prior to joining IIT Delhi as a PhD. Student.
Education
Ph.D. Student Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (December 2018 - present)
Master of Science (by Research) in Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, H.P., India (August 2015 - November 2018)
Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering, J.N.G.E.C., Sundernagar, H.P., India (July 2010 - June 2014)
Research Interests
Water Resources Engineering
Groundwater Hydrology
Contaminant Transport Modelling in the Saturated Porous Media
Environmental System Modelling
Human Health Risk Assessment of Subsurface System
Ecological Risk Assessment
Peer Reviewer for Scientific Literature:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research (5)
Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE (2)
Communications Earth & Environment (1)
Technical Skills
Operating system Windows
Programming MATLAB, C++ (Basic level)
Software and Tools Microsoft Office, ModelMuse (Beginner level), FloPy (Beginner level), Origin, SigmaPlot
Publications
International Journal Articles (Scopus/Sci-indexed)
Guleria, A., Singh, R., Chakma, S., and Birke, V. (2022). Ecological and human health risk assessment of chromite ore processing residue (COPR) dumpsites in Northern India: A multi–pathways based probabilistic risk approach. Process Safety and Environmental Protection.
Guleria, A., and Chakma, S. (2021). Discussion of “Examining Fate and Transport of Heavy Metal in Landfill Site through Numerical Environmental Multimedia Modeling Approach” by Jinxin Dong, Zhi Chen, Ke Wang, Yi Han, and Jianbo Guo. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(4), 07021003.
Guleria, A., and Chakma, S. (2021). Probabilistic human health risk assessment of groundwater contamination due to metal leaching: A case study of Indian dumping sites. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 27(1), 101-133.
Guleria, A., Swami, D., Joshi, N., and Sharma, A. (2020). Application of temporal moments to interpret solute transport with time-dependent dispersion. Sādhanā, 45(1), 1-16.
Guleria, A., and Chakma, S. (2021). Fate and contaminant transport model-driven probabilistic human health risk assessment of DNAPL-contaminated site. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(12), 14358-14371.
Sharma, A., Swami, D., Joshi, N., Kartha, S., Chandel, A., and Guleria, A. (2020). Study of dynamic concentration gradient on mass transfer coefficient: New approach to mobile–immobile modeling. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 24(4), 04020036.
Guleria, A., Swami, D., Sharma, A., and Sharma, S. (2019). Non-reactive solute transport modelling with time-dependent dispersion through stratified porous media. Sādhanā, 44(4), 1-11.
Guleria, A., Gupta, S. K., Gupta, I., Swami, D., and Shukla, D. P. (2019). Understanding the spatial and temporal dependence of the migration of conservative contaminant plume in urban groundwater environment in Panchkula region, Haryana, India. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 8, 93-103.
Swami, D., Sharma, P. K., Ojha, C. S. P., Guleria, A., and Sharma, A. (2018). Asymptotic behavior of mass transfer for solute transport through stratified porous medium. Transport in Porous Media, 124(3), 699-721.
Book Chapters
Guleria, A., and Chakma, S. (2022). Mathematical modeling of contaminant transport in the subsurface environment. In Advances in Remediation Techniques for Polluted Soils and Groundwater (pp. 141-169). Elsevier, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128238301000079
Guleria, A., & Chakma, S. (2021, October). Effects of Soil Type on Contaminant Transport in the Aquifer System: A Numerical Investigation Using 2D Mobile-Immobile Model. In F-EIR Conference on Environment Concerns and its Remediation (pp. 143-153). Springer, Cham, link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-96202-9_12
National Journal Articles
Guleria, A., and Chakma, S. (2020), Influence of transport parameters on contaminant plume evolution in saturated porous media: a numerical study. Hydrology Journal, Volume 42, Number 1-4, January-December, 2019, pp. 51-59, 117.252.14.242/iah/vol42_chap5.html.
Guleria, A., and Swami, D. (2019), Solute Transport through Saturated Soil column with Time-dependent Dispersion. Hydrology Journal, Vol. 40 & 41, Issue 1 - 4 Jan. - Dec. 2017 and 2018, pp. 1-15, 117.252.14.242/iah/pdf/journal2/Ch%201%20-%20677-2019.pdf.
Abhay (2014), Comparison of Seismic Performance of Solid and Hollow Reinforced Concrete members in RCC framed Building using ETABS Software. International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences, 4(4), 43-47, www.academia.edu/9076744/Comparison_of_Seismic_Performance_of_Solid_and_Hollow_Reinforced_Concrete_members_in_RCC_framed_Building_using_ETABS_Software.
Guleria, A. (2014), Structural Analysis of a Multi-Storeyed Building using ETABS for different Plan Configurations. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), 3(5), 1481-1487, www.ijert.org/structural-analysis-of-a-multi-storeyed-building-using-etabs-for-different-plan-configurations.
Conference Presentations
Guleria, A., Gupta, S.K., and Chakma, S., (2021) “Unsaturated Zone Leaching Model-driven Probabilistic Human Health Risk Assessment of Groundwater System in the vicinity of Chandigarh Dumping Site.” AGU Fall Meeting 2021, 13 - 17 December 2021, New Orleans and Online Everywhere (e-Poster Presenter).
Guleria, A. and Chakma, S., (2021) “Effects of Dispersion Parameters and Low Permeability Porous Media on the Contaminant Transport Behavior in the Aquifer System: A Numerical Study.” AGU Fall Meeting 2021, 13 - 17 December 2021, New Orleans and Online Everywhere (e-Poster Presenter).
Guleria, A. and Chakma, S., (2021) “Effects of Soil Type on Contaminant Transport in the Aquifer System: A Numerical Investigation using 2D Mobile-Immobile Model.” Environment Concerns and its Remediation, F-EIR Conference 2021, 18-22 October 2021, Chandigarh (Virtual mode) - Best Presentation award.
Guleria, A. and Chakma, S., (2021) “A Simplistic Unsaturated Zone Leaching Model-based Probabilistic Human Health Risk Assessment of Groundwater around the Ariyamangalam Dumping Site.” 33rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology / ISEE 2021, 23-26 August 2021 (virtual mode) - e-Poster Presenter. https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/abs/10.1289/isee.2021.P-029
Guleria, A. and Chakma, S., (2020) “Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of DNAPL Contaminated Groundwater System.” Second ASCE Conference - Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies, 02-04 March 2020, Kolkata (CRSIDE2020) - Presenter.
Guleria, A. and Chakma, S., (2019) “Influence of Transport Parameters on Contaminant Plume Evolution in Saturated Porous Media: A Numerical Study.” 8th International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2019), 21-24 Oct 2019, IIT Roorkee – Presenter.
Sharma, A., Swami, D., and Guleria, A., (2018) “Study of Scale and Time-Dependent Parameters for Reactive Solute Transport through Stratified Porous Media.” Groundwater Week, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 3-6 Dec 2018. (Oral session- Groundwater Modeling,14515.
Sharma, A., Swami, D., and Guleria, A., (2018) “Comparison of SFT and MPNE Model to Predict Fate of Reactive Solute Transport through Porous Media: A Modelling Approach.” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Poster No. H21N-1880).
Guleria, A. and Swami, D. (2017) “Solute Transport through Saturated Soil Column with Time-dependent Dispersion.” 7th International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2017), 11-13 Dec 2017 – Presenter.
Sharma, A., Guleria, A. and Swami, D. (2016) “Numerical modelling of multispecies solute transport in porous media”. 21st International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, during 08-10 Dec, 2016. (ID HYD16-631) – Presenter.
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